VIETNAM TODAY

At least 27 people died in a refugee boat accident off western Australia, Customs officials said Wednesday.

The central region is about to see medium to heavy or even torrential rains, as the forecast for the weather is to turn much colder on Wednesday.

Realty firm VietRees expects mid-range apartments to remain a safe investment channel in Vietnam next year.

WWF has admitted that tra pangasius was unfairly placed on its consumer red list, pledging to remove it immediately.

Craft villages are vital to the country's sustainable development in rural areas, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

A new international accord on global warming has heartened environmentalists, but casting a shadow is the political shift in the US where legislative climate efforts died in 2010.

Poor households with basic houses needed to be supported according to the Government programme 167.

The Vietnam Fisheries Association requested the WWF to apologise for putting tra pangasius onto its consumer red list.

More than 30 short films produced during the film maker weekend of the first 48 Hour Film Project in Vietnam are being shown to the public for the first time December 13-15.

The ADB has approved a USD 1.1 billion finance package for two major transportation projects in Ho Chi Minh City.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remained behind bars Wednesday despite a decision by a British court to grant him bail.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group will hold the inauguration ceremony of Dung Quat Oil Refinery at 8am on December 24.

The Office of State President on Tuesday announced three new laws, namely the Law on Public Servants, the Law on Minerals (amended), and the Law on Consumer Protection.

Vietnam may soon have a Formula One standard, world-class motor racing stadium.

Ireland has been overtaken by Vietnam and Macedonia for average download speeds.

Two supervisors of Sai Gon - Hanoi Commercial Bank were suspended for falsifying a VND50-billion savings account.

Indian officials have introduced new offers to Vietnamese travelers in a move to attract more of them to India’s places of interest, particularly Buddhist sites.

China said it regretted the World Trade Organisation's rejection of its complaint against punitive US tariffs on Chinese tyres and would appeal "at an appropriate time".

British pop group Wham!'s 1984 hit single "Last Christmas" was voted most annoying Christmas song in a poll in Bulgaria.